1 Samuel 24:21 · KJV
“Swear now therefore unto me by the LORD, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father's house.”
— 1 Samuel 24:21
And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand.
And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up unto the hold.
1 Samuel 24 — Context
For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? wherefore the LORD reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me this day.
20And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand.
21Swear now therefore unto me by the LORD, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father's house.
22And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up unto the hold.
Cross References
Genesis 21:23
Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: {but} according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned. {that thou...: Heb. if thou shalt lie unto me}
2 Samuel 21:6-8
Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, {whom} the LORD did choose. And the king said, I will give {them}. {whom...: or, chosen of the LORD}
1 Samuel 20:14-17
And thou shalt not only while yet I live shew me the kindness of the LORD, that I die not:
Genesis 31:48
And Laban said, This heap {is} a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed;
Hebrews 6:16
For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation {is} to them an end of all strife.
Genesis 31:53
The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.